Matchmaking 2

Hey there! This is the sequel to my other story Matchmaking. (Matchmaking revolved around the Bladebreakers)

In case you haven't read that here's a small extract to help you understand this story-

Tala, Bryan and Ian were ok. They were leading happy content lives. Tala was a cyborg scientist. He had married last year. A beautiful platinum blonde Russian woman. Bryan was psychologist. It was only some months since his marriage with his red head writer sweetheart. Ian was not squirty anymore. He wasn't married but had a girlfriend (s). He owned a posh hotel in Las Vegas. And Spencer? Spencer was single but happy, being a marine biologist...

Chapter 1

Tala opened the door to his house. He quite liked his house. It was a neat bungalow equipped with the latest technology but what he loved the best about his house was Anna.

Anna, beautiful, kind and loving Anna. Tala had met her at one of the Annual Beyblading Conferences. She was a dancer invited as somebody's guest. He was the best cyborg scientist. He fell in love immediately and so did she. They married soon after. Tala's life had changed from one dark dimension to the happiest world. He still took things seriously but as long as Anna was near him he laughed and smiled because it was only then that he felt complete. Free from the scars of his early life.

The house was dark, indicating that no one was home. He sighed a little as the lights and heating automatically switched on sensing his presence through heat sensors.

He lowered his briefcase in its assigned corner and sat on the sofa. There were two letters on his table. One of them was from Kenny and one from Anna. He picked Kenny's with interest.

Tala had known Kenny ever since Kai had joined the Bladebreakers. He smiled as he remembered how Kenny had once been a short, scrawny, scared and bespectacled. Currently the head of All Starz Organisation, Kenny had grown vastly in height. No longer bespectacled, his hair was brushed back to reveal two green eyes. Commanding respect and giving orders Kenny had changed a lot but deep down he was still hyper intelligent, nervous and compassionate. Tala was happy that Kenny had at last found someone who valued him even if it was the bossy Emily. Kenny and Emily had been engaged for quite some time.

The letter was an invitation to the marriage ceremony of Kenny and Emily. Tala smiled. He would surely go. He knew how much Anna loved parties, marriages and dressing up. He himself had started to like the tedious affair of marriage after meeting her.

He quickly messaged Kenny that he would surely come.

Tala now opened the letter addressed simply to Tala. He knew from the handwriting itself that it was Anna's. Probably a shopping list or something. Two sheets fell out.

Tala read,

"Tala

Please read this fully till the end. Do not tear or throw it before reading. It is quite important.

I can't take this marriage any further. I feel suffocated by it. When I married you I felt you loved me but lately I have come to know that a cyborg can never feel something as humane as love. I am not being harsh, just honest. Your whole life is surrounded by robots and machinery. YOu have no time for me. The house seems like a haunted place. The lights, fans, ACs and heaters switch themselves on. Food gets cooked on its own. I needn't go on. You already know. I wanted a happy place to live normally. I got more than what I bargained for in you. You are slwoly driving me mad with your robotic behaviour. You do not care for me but just want me as someone to show off to your friends. If you cared you would have read my letter first and not that Kenny's. I am right, no? You did read his first. Your friends are more important than your wife. I am not in this for money so I can't act anymore."

Tala couldn't believe his eyes. What was this? Anna...?

There was a long list of grievances and excuses but what Tala couldn't understand was why Anna had never showed her feelings before. They could have tried to remedy the problem. They could have still been together. It pained him to the point of tears but he read further. He was now nearing the end of the agony-

"If you phone our lawyer he will mail you the divorce papers and all the other details. I have already packed my stuff and most probably left by the time you will be reading this. Don't try to contact or stalk me. I will have a restraining order put against you, if you try.

Also, before this news reaches your ears through somebody else, I am seeing Villas. He, unlike you, actually understands the meaning of love. He is not half-cyborg you see. Do not think I have cheated on you. I signed the divorce papers first and then agreed to him because as long as I was with you I loved you or that was what I thought.

You have the full liberty to find someone who can give you the happiness of being loved.

Anna"

A couple of hours later Tala was still sitting, hunched, on the sofa with the crumpled papers in his hands. Finally he got and threw the papers into a recycling bin. He walked to his room and opened the cupboard. Indeed all her clothes were gone. Wherever he looked he could see empty spaces which had been occupied by him. He remembered kissing her goodbye. Their last kiss.

Villas...the name rang through his head. He was Anna's manager. A grim smile graced Tala's handsome face. It made sense now.

Love. How pathetic he was to have believed that such a thing existed. How pathetic it was of him to think that someone could love him, care for him. How foolish he was to have thought that the darkness would let go. How hopeless to have hoped for permanent happiness. Love and happiness were things that happened to other people not him.

His phone beeped to announce a message. He reached for it quickly. Maybe it was Anna saying that she had changed her mind? Or just laughing because it had all been a joke?

Hopeless

The ice blue eyes that had warmed up in the presence of Anna, now coldly looked upon Kenny's reply. "I am glad you can make it. I thought maybe you wouldn't since you are after all Kai's friend but thanks so much. You don't know how much it means to me."

Tala scowled. What had made him agree to the invitation? He hated weddings.

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